Double nucleotide mutation of the MYH9 gene in a young patient with end-stage renal disease

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 249-251

  Capria, Maria ^a   Andreucci, Michele ^a,b   Fuiano, Laura ^a   Mancuso, Domenico ^a   Cianfrone, Paola ^a   Comi, Nicola ^a   Mazza, Giuseppe ^a   Caglioti, Alfredo ^a   Fuiano, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alport's syndrome; Double nucleotidic mutation; End stage renal disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYH9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GENETICS; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 0346656633     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg475     Document Type: Article

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